FREE Taster Courses at top London universities! Courses available include those for Engineering, Maths, Arts & Science, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Dentistry, Healthcare, ICT, Materials, Medicine, Physics, Science, Veterinary Medicine, and loads more! Places filled up very quickly last year - particularly for competitive courses such as Medicine - so book your place NOW!
These taster days are very informative and aim to inspire AS students (some are also available for A2 students taking gap years) to study each subject at university. Students tend to listen to a talk or two about the subject, followed by workshop sessions or other activities.
Taster days are being held on several weekends between January and July 2016, and additional courses may be running in Autumn (with a later application deadline).
For more information and to apply, visit their
website.
Applications open on the 7th January, and the 'equal consideration' deadline for applications is the
13th January 2016 at 11am.
I attended a taster day on Medical Engineering at QMUL in 2012. It was very interesting and useful - we first had a lecture on what Medical Engineers do and the structure of the course at QMUL, followed by several workshops, including one on redesigning mobility aids and another more hands-on session on building an exoskeleton-based arm support. I really enjoyed the day, and learnt more about what the course is about and what kind of careers it would lead into. We also had the opportunity to talk to current students about the course and university, which was helpful. Although I decided not to apply for a degree in Medical Engineering, realising that I was more interested in Medical Physics, it was still worth mentioning on my UCAS form and I felt that I learnt a lot.
Kate Prescott, participant 2012
